Bedfordshire town in which fictional aviator has to paddle (11)

I believe the answer is:

biggleswade

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'bedfordshire town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fictional aviator has to paddle' is the wordplay.
'fictional aviator has' becomes 'biggles' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to paddle' becomes 'wade' (I've seen this before).
'biggles'+'wade'='BIGGLESWADE'

'in which' is the link.

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(Another definition for biggleswade that I've seen is " Bedfordshire town".)

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